Operator overloading is common-place among many efficient C++ programmers. It allows you to use the same function name, but as different functions.

If this sounds confusing, then just think about it like this: you can use the same function name for as many functions as you like, but you *must* pass different variable types to each function.

In this article I will show you exactly what function overloading is, and how you can get it to work for you in C++. You should have an intermediate knowlede of C++. Any compiler will do, as I will only use ISO-standard compliant syntax.